Poverty Ranger Build

[curlinginthesquatrack]

Going to be working a lot on the ol shitbox so I figured I would start a thread on the build from here.

In ALL of my wisdom I said I would remove, rebuild and repaint the supercharger in only 2 days... This was woefully incorrect.

Starting out by tearing this nasty bitch down


After hours in the sandblaster got it looking fresh


After everything has been sandblasted and I start painting it, I turn my attention to the thermostat housing. This was the "temporary" heater core block-off I made (2 years ago)


replaced it with this unit with a welded off port. Just had t drill and tap it for a second temp sensor.


Got the thermostat housing all tidied up and installed and the girlfriend helped finish up painting the supercharger housing Ford Blue


This is where the bad news started. The bearings were in BAD shape. I had replacements for the snout bearings, but the cup style rear needle bearings would have to be cleaned and reused.


and just as i am pushing the needle bearings back into the housing, I hear a crunch. push the bearings back out and this is what I am left with...


AAAAAND the top pf the bearing cup just completely sheared out. new parts will be here in a week and I'll post up some details about the specifics of rebuilding this m90 if anybody is curious. trucks are pain.

 

[curlinginthesquatrack]

Here is some rotor cleaning ASMR to keep my readers engaged

 

[smokeysevin]

Going to be working a lot on the ol shitbox so I figured I would start a thread on the build from here.

In ALL of my wisdom I said I would remove, rebuild and repaint the supercharger in only 2 days... This was woefully incorrect.

Starting out by tearing this nasty bitch down
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After hours in the sandblaster got it looking fresh
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After everything has been sandblasted and I start painting it, I turn my attention to the thermostat housing. This was the "temporary" heater core block-off I made (2 years ago)
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replaced it with this unit with a welded off port. Just had t drill and tap it for a second temp sensor.
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Got the thermostat housing all tidied up and installed and the girlfriend helped finish up painting the supercharger housing Ford Blue
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This is where the bad news started. The bearings were in BAD shape. I had replacements for the snout bearings, but the cup style rear needle bearings would have to be cleaned and reused.
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and just as i am pushing the needle bearings back into the housing, I hear a crunch. push the bearings back out and this is what I am left with...
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AAAAAND the top pf the bearing cup just completely sheared out. new parts will be here in a week and I'll post up some details about the specifics of rebuilding this m90 if anybody is curious. trucks are pain.

Yeahhhhh the needle bearings seemed like a mess, on my tvs1900 I left them alone and just did the front snout bearings. I did replace the oil in the rear housing but that's it. We will see if that comes back to bite me.

Good luck on the rest.

Sean